YAPPERS Announce 2014 Grant Application

Grant applications are now available from the Youth Area Philanthropists (YAPPERS), the youth board of the Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque.  The YAPPERS’ annual grants program aims to provide Dubuque County youth-serving agencies with the opportunity to strengthen and grow their programs.
 
Grant applications are available online at the Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque website, www.dbqfoundation.org/yappers. Applications are due March 1.
 
Last year the YAPPERS awarded $5,000 in grants to three organizations that met one or more of America’s Five Promises: Caring Adults, Safe Places, A Healthy Start, Effective Education, and Opportunities to Help Others. Recipients of 2013 YAPPERS grants included Rising Star Theater Company, to support their 2014 youth production; Safe Families & Children, to provide safe housing for children in times of need; and Lincoln Elementary School, to purchase curriculum and training for the Leader In Me program.
 
Funds raised at the YAPPERS’ annual Feed the Need Luncheon on Thursday, March 13 from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. in the Roshek Building will help generate this year’s grantmaking funds.